^ yea, some rappers were too cool, or too street to do any of that. This what seperates a class of mc’s. Brad Jordan Jay Z, Biggie, Nas to name a few..

what you got from them was 100% them all the time. They spoke in regular dialect on a matter of factly way, as though they were talking to their homie standing right next to them. The didnt have to compensate with over dramatic antics.

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this. A lot of people who Dre cosigns after Death Row I don’t cosign. Kendrick can rap but that’s it. His whole “I’m from Compton but I don’t rap about gangster shit” persona and robot voice doesn’t convince me.